My daughter is NOT LOOSING. 15 lbs. in 7 weeks.

My daughter had a VG when she was 13. She lost 40 lbs and kept it off (orig. lost 50, regained 10 in one year). She was revised to an RNY on July 31, 2003. She has only lost 15 lbs. and it was in the first two weeks. NOTHING since then. She can eat a lot. (Much more than I could at that time), but nothing like she could even with the VG (Sleeve gastrectomy--first half of the DS without the malabsorption.) She had an RNY, transected, with 150 cm. bypassed. Be honest now, has anyone ever NOT lost the weight (I mean 100 lbs in 2 years), by having an RNY? I've never seen anything like it. Here is her typical day: breakfast, 1 oz. cheese, lunch: 2 oz. cheese, 1 oz. roast beef (sliced thin, that's the way she likes it), Dinner: meat and vegies. Snacks: (she does snack after school--but not much, usually 2 crackers with peanut butter or some fruit). I have been tracking her on fitday.com, and she eats from 400-800 cals. a day. Just by the math she should be loosing. She excersizes for 45 minutes 4 times a week in school PE. I feel so sorry for her. She has seen me and her two aunts loose 160-250 lbs. over the last two years, but it doesn't seem to be working for her. Does anyone have any suggestions????

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